Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99), Visiting Card of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1790
- Title:
- Visiting Card of Sir Joshua Reynolds
- Date:
- 1790
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 17 1/16 × 12 1/8 inches (43.3 × 30.8 cm), Sheet: 3 3/8 × 3 5/8 inches (8.6 × 9.2 cm), Plate: 2 5/8 × 2 7/8 inches (6.7 × 7.3 cm), Image: 2 1/4 × 2 5/8 inches (5.7 × 6.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso of mount in graphite: "This is called by the family (Sir Joshua's collateral descendants) his book plate. I have | never seen a book with this in it!"
Watermark on mount paper, "J. Whatman | 1831"
Lettered, center: "SIR | JOSHUA | REYNOLDS"; lettered, lower left: "F.Bartolozzi fecit."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick W. Hilles
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1974.13.1
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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